Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn's closely watched sentencing on charges of lying to the FBI was unexpectedly delayed on Tuesday. U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan delayed Flynn's sentencing until the retired Army lieutenant general is done cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced that veteran actor Jeff Bridges will be honored with the Cecil B deMille award.
The highly-acclaimed actor of such legendary films as Crazy Heart, The Big Lebowski, True Grit, and The Fabulous Baker Boys will accept the honor at the 76th annual Golden Globe awards ceremony, to be held on January 6.
Announcing the award, HFPA President Mehe

A report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) says its study indicates it will take centuries to achieve gender parity in workplaces around the globe.
Despite the global gender gap narrowing slightly in 2018, the long term outlook is bleak.
At the current rate of change, WEF data suggest that it will take 108 years to close the overall gender gap and 202 years to bring about parity in the workplace

Former Vice President Joe Biden is the early front-runner among likely Democratic Iowa caucusgoers in 2020, according to a CNN/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll. Thirty-two percent of likely Democratic caucusgoers named Biden as their first choice.

Republican Senator Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., announced Monday he will not seek re-election to a fourth term in the Senate in 2020.
"The people of Tennessee have been very generous, electing me to serve more combined years as Governor and Senator than anyone else from our state," Alexander said in...

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia condemned the Senate vote last week to pass a bi-partisan resolution calling for an end to US military support to the Saudi-led coalition in the destructive Yemen war.
Although Thursday's resolution is not likely to pass the House, it's the first time in 45 years that the Senate has voted to withdraw forces from a war Congress didn't approve.
The Senate also agreed by

Just days ahead of the Federal Reserve's latest monetary policy decision, President Donald Trump has continued to lash out at the central bank's plan to gradually raise interest rates. Trump called it "incredible" the Fed is considering another interest rate hike in a post on Twitter on Monday.

Just a few months after being appointed to replace the late Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., Republican Senator Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., will resign from the Senate at the end of the year.
Kyl's resignation was revealed in a letter to Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, who is now charged with appointing a new replacement...

Alleged Russian secret agent Maria Butina pleaded guilty Thursday for attempting to covertly influence U.S. policy toward Russia. As part of a deal with prosecutors, Butina pleaded guilty to conspiracy to operate as an unlisted foreign agent and agreed to cooperate with investigators.

A day after Michael Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison for a variety of crimes, President Donald Trump claimed in a post on Twitter on Thursday that he never directed his longtime personal lawyer to break the law.